Monthly Archives: May 2012

On Sunday children in both elementary classrooms will learn about God’s desire for all people to know and worship Him. They learned about the 10/40 Window, a term used to describe a part of the world that extends from a latitude of 10 to 40 degrees north of the equator. Within this rectangular “window” are North Africa, the Middle East, India, Asia, and some parts of the former Soviet Union. This region of the world is crowded with two-thirds of the world’s population, but most people follow other religions. Children learned the acronym THUMB as a way to remember the major non-Christian religious beliefs found in the 10/40 Window:

Tribal

Hindu

Unreligious

Muslim

Buddhist

People in the 10/40 Window have little or no opportunity to learn about the true God. Many people groups are considered “unreached”. Unreached people groups have not been exposed to the gospel in a significant way. Many unreached people do not have Bibles in their own language. Most do not have Christian churches, Christian media, or contact with Christians in their culture or missionaries.

Your child will see a DVD about the 10/40 Window and THUMB. They also will participate in cultural activities, sing songs, and pray for THUMB peoples. Children will be challenged to pray at home for some of the children they learned about in their lesson.

Home Follow-Up

Here are some ideas that you can implement to help give your child a heart for the world:

Ask your child something that they learned about the 10/40 Window or Thumb peoples

Read Malachi 1:11. Discuss how far God’s greatness will stretch.

Pray for people in the 10/40 Window who enjoy the same hobbies and sports as you.

Display a globe or map somewhere in your home to remind you to pray for the world.

This summer our elementary classrooms will be learning about God’s desire for all people to know and worship Him. We will be going on a global adventure as we meet new friends and learn about the lives and beliefs of children around the world.

Over the next twelve weeks, we will be traveling the through the 10/40 Window and learning about five different people groups who represent five major non-Christian worldviews. The five worldviews are:

Tribal (Bhil Culture)

Hindu (Rajput Culture)

Unreligious (Han Culture)

Muslim (Malay Culture)

Buddhist (Khamba Culture)

As we learn about our new friends, we will be encouraging your children to be praying for the children who live in the 10/40 window. This summer, we want to also help your children discover how God can use them in His plans to reach all nations with the gospel.

We invite you to join with your children in prayer and discover how God wants to use your family in His grand scheme of reconciling the world to Himself. To help equip you in your task, we’re excited to share that this summer the Trinity Kids blog will be highlighting various mission-related ideas and resources.

Key Point of Passage: Jesus opened Saul’s eyes so that Saul was changed into someone who was against Jesus into someone who worked for Jesus.

Memory Verse: “Come follow Me”, Jesus said (Mark 1:17).

Questions for Discussion:

1) When Saul was on the road to go put believers in prison, he met Jesus. What did he see and hear?

2) Afterwards, Saul was blind, but God sent Annanias to pray for him. When Annanias prayed for Saul, what happened? Could Saul see then?

3) After this, did Saul continue to be against Jesus, or did he start following Jesus and working for Him?

4) The Bible says that each of us has to decide is we are going to live our lives against Jesus, or if we are going to follow Him like Saul did. Let’s pray that we will all choose to live FOR Jesus instead of against Him.